Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-07-02
sundry Short Stops.

Palnt n uelllSeS L pallnSS.
sect the best" seeds, plants and
tools.
Kindness makes animals gentle.
Give bee-hives summer shades.
Care for the shrubs and flowers.
For piazzas-the Virginia creeper.
Impure seeds brings evil weeds.
Weed the garden early and often.
Grow more fruit, for family use.
Follow goodseed with goodculture.
Let tool borrowers be borrowers.
A good egg will sink in water.
Allow no one to abuse your cattle.
However, busy attend to the garden.
No smoking about barn or yard.
Combat and conquer the circulio.
Destroy all weeds at once-today.
Paint and white-wash pay, remem-
Der.
Work the corn-not "The Cor
ners."
Weed the fowergardens after rains.
"Good fences make good neigh
bors."
Fight plant insects and stock YER
min.
Dull, shaky tools are a nuisance.
Don't keep two maHy hens tOgeth-
err.
The best hired help is the cheapest.
Use more fruit and less hog and
hominy."
Arrange supports for climbing
plants.
"Changing pastures makes fat
calves"
Leave no gates or barn doors ajar.
Eggsactly-fresh eggs bring money
Yes, plant trees, shrubs and flowers.
Dark stables injure the eyes Of
horses.
Better grow berries than brambles
this year.
Assert and neatly pack fruit for
market.
Never have a sink under a Win
dow if it can be avoided.
For the sting of d bee or a wasp ap-
ply hartshorn.
Pine needles are recommended for
mulching strawberries.
Promptness in repairing harness,
tools, ETC., is true economy.
Sow some sweet corn to make
green fodder for the pigs, etc.
London is the center of the wool
trade of the world.
Song of the garden seeds-"Put me
in my little bed"
1t takes only n season to grow
horse-radish to perfection.
Soapsuds is a valuable fertilizer for
small fruits.
Sheep should have their pasture
changed once a month.
Pull up the purslane and feed it to
pigs and poultry.
Burn all cuttings or plucked leaves
which are infested by insects.
Sprinkle hellebore and water on
rose bushes to kill the insects.
Skim milk is excellent for young
and growing animals.
Ashes, leached or unleached, are
good for the garden.
Remove nests of the tent caterpil-
lar early in the morning.
He is a poor gardener Oh farmer
who cannot afford good tools.
Protect the native song birds in
orchard, garden, field and woods.
A few tomato plants among mel
Ons and squashes will drive away in
Sects.
Turkeys are used in California
vineyards to eat the slugs.
AS a rule it is best to let a plant
push a little before reporting.
In setting out raspberry plants do
not bury them too deep.
In planting trees be careful to pre-
serve the roots moist.
Don't plant fruit trees in the vege-
table garden it needs full sunshine.
Why not use more cream? 1t is
easier of digestion than butter or
milk.
Dandelionsalidi is relished by some.
Use only the inside leaves.
The Southern States are now the
largest producers of beeswaX.
Allow your horses plenty Of time
to eat and rest at noon.
Many of the blemishes on good
horses are the result of carelessnesS.
Blue grass and clover make excel
lent pasture for swine.
The Jersey Red hog frequently
dresses $50 to 500 pounds at a veal
old.
If young horses suffer from cramps
give laxative food, such as bran